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Hiding Stock apps in #iOS10

iOS 10 adds the ability to hide certain stock apps from view. This will remove the app from your home screen, but will not delete the app from your phone. Many of these apps are very small, so they should not take up much space on your device. If you do decide to hide an app, then iOS will also remove that app’s hooks from the system, so if you remove FaceTime, Siri can’t place FaceTime calls. You can still place FaceTime calls by selecting that option from your contacts app.

Hiding stock apps in iOS 10

To hide a stock app in iOS 10, simply use the process you would normally use to delete any other app you have purchased from the App Store. There are apps that are not removable, so these will always be on your device’s home screen.

Stock apps that can be hidden

Music

Mail

Calendar

Maps

Weather

Stocks

News

Notes

Reminders

Videos

iBooks

iTunes Store

Home

FaceTime

Calculator

Podcasts

Watch

Compass

Tips

Contacts

Voice Memos

Find My Friends

Many of these can be removed to make way for you to use your own solution, an example of this would be to hide the Mail app and use Microsoft Outlook

Restoring Stock Apps

You can restore apps back to your device by searching for them in the App Store. The App Store will contain a full app page for each app that is on your device.